Driving in Klang Valley is a hassle

I thought after having been driving for no less than 30 years in Klang Valley, the motorists using our roads and highways are more courteous and civil which unfortunately is the opposite. The blatant violation of traffic rules seemed to be habitual by some people and when I began to drive in KL way back in the late sixties Policeman were almost at every junction especially during peak hours and their presence became an effective deterrence for traffic violators. It must have been the downsizing policy of the public service which started when we were facing stagflation in the eighties that we gradually began to see less of the men in uniform in the streets. This is obviously one of the unintended effects which came about of such a well thought out policy. One big lesson to be learnt from this shortsightedness is that before an important policy is implemented, public surveys if not a sort of a referendum should be carried out. I just can't help comparing the way things are done in S'pore compared to what's going on here. For important public interest proposals, there's a lot of publicity and the consultation which goes on for the good of all. It's high time we adopt this attitude and throw out the mentality that the govt knows best.